Went to the Eritrean embassy in Cairo: "You should have gotten the visa in DC." *leaves* Assholes.

Now I'm in Alexandria searching for a cargo ship to Aden or somewhere to the Horn. It's tough going. Tried the port. They wouldn't let me in. Just tried a maritime agent, they didn't have a clue about human cargo. The sales rep suggested finding a cargo ship owner--but he couldn't even help for that task! UGHADS;JFKQEPFJAPWDFJA;DSKJCFA;DKJFA;DFJ ADF;A SJDF;AKDJSFA;SDF I DON'T FUCKING WANT TO BUY A $420 ONE WAY TICKET TO ADDIS.

I passed it by! Damnit. Now I'm in Cairo headed for Luxor by train. Keep the recommendations coming. I booked a ticket to Addis on June 3rd. (I have a one way ticket. I just realized this might be a problem?)

south_sea_bubble wrote:Went to the Eritrean embassy in Cairo: "You should have gotten the visa in DC." *leaves* Assholes.

Now I'm in Alexandria searching for a cargo ship to Aden or somewhere to the Horn. It's tough going. Tried the port. They wouldn't let me in. Just tried a maritime agent, they didn't have a clue about human cargo. The sales rep suggested finding a cargo ship owner--but he couldn't even help for that task! UGHADS;JFKQEPFJAPWDFJA;DSKJCFA;DKJFA;DFJ ADF;A SJDF;AKDJSFA;SDF I DON'T FUCKING WANT TO BUY A $420 ONE WAY TICKET TO ADDIS.

The Cap D Or in Cairo is a good place to get tanked, they give you free food too. http://ultimatepubguide.com/pubs/info.phtml?pub_id=121It aint far from Maccy Dees on Talat Harb. The Alfey Bey does way cool pigon. By lots of smokes befor going to Lux as everything therer is at rip off prices, even Maccy Dees in gouging.

Im reallly fuclimg pissed but fespite that I can still hit a tarfet at 1000m plus. mayVRVe bnot tonight but it qint beyond the wit if man. Nowhammy.

Hey, this is a great thread. Bubble, you have all the potential in the world to have either a great journey, or a train wreck of a horrible trip. Either way it'll be a blast to read about. Good on you for making good on all your weird threats to actually get out there and go places. It makes up for all the threads you started that seemed to be full of bizarre, random questions.

Did you manage to find your way back to your hotel without the aid of a GPS?

You might want to look into some sort of ticket for onward travel out of Ethiopia if you look at point 5 on here:

http://www.mfa.gov.et/Consular_Affair_D ... ance_5.htm5. It is of the utmost importance to inform all airliners flying to Ethiopia, except foreign nationals who have Ethiopian resident permit, not to board foreign passengers who wish to travel to Ethiopia without visa if the passengers do not possess a round trip ticket.

Saying that, I haven't been there, so who knows, they might be lax like other countries on that rule. Can't think of anyone on the board whose gone there recently either. You might even have to try the Thorn Tree (*gasp*).

Good luck and happy travels!

V

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